Risk from stopping rot

Risk from stopping rot - 1997 - Daily Telegraph 12 March 1997, 28(1) .

Reports how the insecticide permethrin commonly used for treatment of woodworm, combined with the insect repellent DEET, can recreate the chemicals responsible for Gulf War Syndrome. Mentions Timbercheck, a company which can tell what treatment chemicals are already in wood.


CHEMICALS
GULF WAR SYNDROME
HEALTH HAZARDS
INSECT REPELLENT
ROT
TIMBER TREATMENT
WOODWORM